John Cain Sr.

John Cain Sr. (19 January 1882-4 August 1957) was the Premier of Victoria from 14 to 18 September 1943 (interrupting Albert Dunstan's terms), from 21 November 1945 to 20 November 1947 (succeeding Ian Macfarlan and preceding Thomas Hollway), and from 17 December 1952 to 7 June 1955 (succeeding John McDonald and preceding Henry Bolte).

Biography
John Kane was born in Greendale, Victoria, Australia on 19 January 1882, the son of an Irish Catholic farmer and contractor. As a teenager, he changed the spelling of his surname to "Cain" and converted to Anglicanism, and he became a union organizer in 1915. From 1915 to 1927, he served on the Northcote City Council, and he also served on the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1917 to 1927. Cain went on to serve as a Minister without Portfolio from 1927 to 1928, Railways Minister from 1929 to 1932, and leader of the Australian Labor Party in Victoria from 1937 to 1957. In this position, he also served as Premier of Victoria in 1943, from 1945 to 1947, and from 1952 to 1955, and he provided long-service leave to railway workers, increased eligibility to workers' compensation, and passed several other reforms. He died just a few months after leaving office in 1957. His son John Cain Jr. went on to also serve as Premier of Victoria.